Title: Subbub
Author: subbub
Published: <strong>November 29, 2023</strong>
Last modified: August 18, 2025

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# Subbub

 By [subbub](https://profiles.wordpress.org/subbub/)

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## Description

Subbub is a submissions management system for use by literary competitions and other
markets. It provides a mechanism for the organisers of literary competitions and
other markets to receive submissions from writers and to manage those submissions
throughout the entire selection process. It may also handle submission fees if required
and the display of results once the selection process has concluded.

The plugin currently supports two shortcodes.

#### subbub_submit

This is used to provide a button for use by writers submitting to your market. This
will take them to a branded page on the Subbub website where they can upload their
submission. Once the submission has been made, the writer will be returned to the
page where the button is located.

The selection of submission target may be made at a number of levels: market, event
or category. A market may be something like The Bridport Prize or Granta. An event
is something like the 2023 Bridport Prize or Granta Issue 161. A category would 
be something like Short Stories or Poetry.

If the selection is specified at market level and there are multiple events, the
writer has the opportunity to select an event and then a category if there are multiple
categories. If it’s made at event level and there are multiple categories, the writer
may select a category. Targets are specified by number. The owner of a market may
find out its number by inspecting it on the Subbub website.

The following options are available with the subbub_submit shortcode:

 * **market** – This may be used to specify the number of the market to submit to–
   Example: [subbub_submit market=23]
 * **event** – This may be used to specify the number of the event to submit to –
   Example: [subbub_submit event=105]
 * **category** – This may be used to specify the number of the event to submit 
   to – Example: [subbub_submit category=213]
 * **newwindow** – If this is set to 1, the page on Subbub will open in a new window–
   Example: [subbub_submit category=213 newwindow=1]
 * **align** – If this is set to center, the button is center-aligned – Example:[
   subbub_submit category=213 align=center]

#### subbub_results

This is used to provide the very latest results from an entire market, one event
or just a single category. Up until the final stage, entries are anonymised and 
only the titles are identified.

Entries are displayed in a simple table, with the placing in the first column and
the title (with or without the author’s name) in the second.

The following options are available with the subbub_results shortcode:

 * **market** – This may be used to specify the number of the market to show the
   results for – Example: [subbub_results market=23]
 * **event** – This may be used to specify the number of the event to show the results
   for – Example: [subbub_results event=105]
 * **category** – This may be used to specify the number of the event to show the
   results for – Example: [subbub_results category=213]

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * This is how you create a button to permit submissions.
 * [[
 * This is what the button looks like.
 * [[
 * This is how you create a results display.
 * [[
 * This is what the results look like (start only).

## FAQ

### If I’m just interested in submissions to, or results from, a single category, do I need to specify the market and event numbers as well?

No, category numbers are unique, as indeed are event numbers.

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## Contributors & Developers

“Subbub” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this 
plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ subbub ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/subbub/)

[Translate “Subbub” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/subbub)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/subbub/), check out
the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/subbub/), or subscribe to
the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/subbub/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/subbub/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.8

 * Remove withdrawn entries from shortlists

#### 1.0.7

 * Add links to winning entries and judges report if present in results.

#### 1.0.6

 * Make function names unique by prepending subbub_.

#### 1.0.5

 * Sanitize fields from $_SERVER.

#### 1.0.4

 * Added support for subbub_results.
 * Change name of subbubbutton to subbub_submit.

#### 1.0.3

 * Store logo for subbub_submit button in library directory.

#### 1.0.2

 * Adoption to align button centrally.

#### 1.0.1

 * Add ability to specify new window when opening up Subbub.

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.7**
 *  Last updated **8 months ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.8.5**
 *  PHP version ** 7.0 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/subbub/)
 * Tags
 * [competitions](https://kea.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/competitions/)[submissions](https://kea.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/submissions/)
   [writing](https://kea.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/writing/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://kea.wordpress.org/plugins/subbub/advanced/)

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## Contributors

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